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No Mortgage: Single-Family Homes Built to Rent, Not to Buy
NPR, Oct. 7, 2019--Chris ArnoldIn the past year, developers around the country built more than 40,000 homes as single-family rentals.
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The End of Libor: The Biggest Banking Challenge You’ve Never Heard Of
Reuters, Oct. 8, 2019--Sinead Cruise, Lawrence WhiteReplacing Libor is proving expensive and tricky with concerns that, if mishandled, it could trigger credit market confusion and waves of lawsuits, finance industry sources said.
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Why the U.S. Needs a New Vision for Affordable Housing
Knowledge@Wharton, Oct. 7, 2019The Knowledge@Wharton podcast interviewed University of Pennsylvania Professor Vincent Reina about improving housing affordability and fairness for renters and owners.
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CREF Highlights
Commercial and multifamily developments and activities from MBA relevant to your business and our industry.
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CRE Prices Grow, Volume Slows
U.S. commercial properties' annual price growth increased in August even as deal volume slid for a second consecutive month, Real Capital Analytics and CoStar reported.
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Apartment Occupancy, Rents Rise
RealPage, Richardson, Texas, reported U.S. apartment occupancy approached a record level in the third quarter.
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Flexible Office Market Poised for Growth
The flexible office space market should grow significantly over the next decade as flex operators consolidate and forge financial partnerships with building owners, said CBRE, Los Angeles.
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Single-Tenant Net Lease Cap Rates Fall Again
Single-tenant net lease cap rates fell across the board in the third quarter, reported The Boulder Group, Wilmette, Ill.
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Commercial/Multifamily Briefs
The White House Opportunity and Revitalization Council introduced OpportunityZones.gov, a new information hub for the Opportunity Zones initiative.
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